The Associated Press reported today that Arthur C. Clarke, famed author of science fiction, has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. Clarke is perhaps best known (in the broader public view, anyway) for the novel
2001: A Space Odyssey, and for co-writing (with Stanley Kubrick) the screenplay for the film of the same name.
Clarke was one of the absolutely great sci-fi authors, won innumerable awards, and was just a good author, period. He wrote a lot of books, the excellent novels
Childhood's End,
The City and the Stars, and
Rendezvous with Rama among them. If you ever get a chance, they’re worth checking out.
He'll be missed.
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